Great Balls of Fire ~ Day 1 Panama - Galapagos
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Tue 16 Jun 2015 20:51
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Position at 1515 local 2015 UTC 06 39N
080 25W
24 hour run 147 miles currently Sailing
in Wind 9 knots SSW, calm seas but ocean swell, sunny/hazy skies, COG 205
degrees, SOG 5 7 knots
Had a great start with solid wind up to 20 knots
just aft of the beam late afternoon and until dawn when things lightened
up
Lost wind completely at 11am so have been motoring
since, just put sails back up and sailing again but still quite
light
Lots of distant lightening last night, but overhead
starry skies and not a glimpse of the moon at all Several
shooting stars, wouldn't be surprised to find aliens in the dinghy when we drop
it, one came down that close Dancing dolphins at dawn stayed about
an hour and a flying stingray did a couple of belly flops
nearby There also seems to be a major pelican migration going
on, maybe they are going to the Galapagos too
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